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December 17, 202312:44 PM ET
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Images from some of our most popular global stories of 2023 (left to right): A woman from Brazil’s Awa people holds her bow and arrow after a hunt; an artificial intelligence program made this fake photo to fulfill a request for “doctors help children in Africa” — AI added the giraffe; researchers are learning that a stranger’s hello c..

Enlarge this imageThis is a locator map for Libya with its capital, Tripoli.

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CAIRO — A boat carrying dozens of migrants trying to reach Europe capsized off the coast of Libya, leaving more than 60 people dead, including women and children, the U.N. migration agency said.
The shipwreck, which took place overnight between Thursday and Friday, was the latest tragedy in this part of the Mediterranean Sea, a key but dangerous route for migrants seeking a better life in Europe. Thousands have died, according to officials.
The U.N.’s International Organization for Migration said in a statement late Saturday that the boat was carrying 86 migrants when strong waves swamped it off the town of Zuwara on Libya’s western coast and that 61 migrants drowned, according to survivors.
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